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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people believe lay below the ruins of Grianan?
(a) The bodies of legendary ancient warriors.
(b) The souls of those who did not have a Christian burial.
(c) The souls of those who had disappeared.
(d) The ghosts of unborn children.

2. What happens to both Brigid and Larry in Chapter 2?
(a) They both cannot see.
(b) They have lost their ability to speak.
(c) They have both lost their jobs.
(d) They are killed.

3. What is a specific characteristic of Brigid's behavior after the children disappear?
(a) She pretends the children have never left.
(b) She sings the children's song once a year.
(c) She skips wherever she goes.
(d) She never leaves her house.

4. What is the subject of most of the songs the Catholics sing on the Feast of Assumption?
(a) The black death of 1348.
(b) The shootout of 1922.
(c) The famine of 1740.
(d) The rebellion of 1798.

5. Why is the murder case of 1921 thrown out of court?
(a) There wasn't enough evidence.
(b) The evidence was tampered with.
(c) The murder suspect disappeared.
(d) The murder suspect had a proven alibi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the boy to have nightmares?

2. Which two characters are introduced first at the beginning of the novel?

3. The famous shoot-out in 1922 was between which two groups of people?

4. Who gives a gun to the boy's father?

5. What does the boy's father do for a living?

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